Mohammed Alshaikh was born in Russia. Aged 9, he started to study piano at the Barenboim Said Foundation music school in Ramallah. From 2013, he has been studying at the Magnificat institute for music in Jerusalem where he continues his studies with Emma Spitkovsky.

 

Among the competitions Mohammed has won:

1st prize in his category at the Magnificat ‘Nikolaus de la Flüe’ Piano Competition in Jerusalem  - 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016

1st prize at the 4th Chopin Piano Competition in Bethlehem and 1st prize at the Palestine National Music Competition Chopin - 2014

1st prize in his category at the International Competition of Young Pianists dedicated to the Work of ‘Fryderyk Chopin’  2016 - Estonia

1st prize in the First Barenboim Said Competition of music in Palestine - 2016

Grand-Prix in Concurso Virtual de Piano Villahermosa  - 2016 - México

 

Concerts Performances:

2014 - Turin and Varese (Italy)

2015 - The XII International Festival ‘Moscow Meet Friends’ under the direction of Vladimir            Spivakov. ‘Sobinovskaya Estafeta’ in the Saratov State Conservatory of                              L.V.Sobinova, recitals in Tel Aviv and Kfar-Saba (Israel)

2016 - The 3rd Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Israel

 

Mohammed took part in a master class with Maestro Daniel Barenboim 2016 - Berlin.

 

Mohammed appeared on the Israeli Educational Television program  “Intermezzo with Arik” where he performed and was interviewed by Prof. Arie Vardi.

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(September 2016)